CATENAR, Enrico, Turin, about 1671.
Henricus Catenar, fecit Taurini anno 167—
| Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus, fecit Taurini, anno 17— |
CELIONIATI, Gian Francesco, Turin, about 1734. Appears to have copied the form of Amati. Yellow varnish, good workmanship.
CERIN, Marco Antonio, Venice, end of the eighteenth century. Signed himself as a pupil of Belosio.
Marcus Antonius Cerin, alumnus Anselmi Belosii, fecit Venetiæ, 17—
| Jo. Baptista Ceruti Cremonensis fecit Cremonæ an 18— |
CERUTI, Giovanni Battista, Cremona, 1755-1817. Ceruti made a large number of Violins and Violoncellos of the Pattern of Amati. He appears to have been a prolific workman, his instruments numbering, it is said, about five hundred. His favourite model was the large Amati. Giovanni Ceruti succeeded to the business of Lorenzo Storioni in 1790, in the Via dei Coltellai, near the Piazza St. Domenico.
CERUTI, Giuseppe, son of Giovanni, Cremona, 1787-1860. Was a maker and restorer of instruments. He is said to have exhibited, at the Paris and other exhibitions, Violins of good quality. He died at Mantua, in 1860.